EFFECT OF WATER CURRENT ON UNDERWATER GLIDER VELOCITY AND RANGE

Authors

  • Muhammad Yasar Javaid Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak, Malaysia
  • Mark Ovinis Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak, Malaysia
  • Fakhruldin Mohd Hashim Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak, Malaysia
  • Adi Maimun Marine Technology Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • Yasser M. Ahmed Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
  • Barkat Ullah Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.9890

Keywords:

Underwater glider, Dynamic model, Water current, Glider performance

Abstract

An autonomous underwater glider speed and range is influenced by water currents. This is compounded by a weak actuation system for controlling its movement. In this work, the effects of water currents on the speed and range of an underwater glider at steady state glide conditions are investigated. Extensive numerical simulations have been performed to determine the speed and range of a glider with and without water current at different net buoyancies. The results show that the effect of water current on the glider speed and range depends on the current relative motion and direction. In the presence of water current, for a given glide angle, glide speed can be increased by increasing the net buoyancy of the glider.

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Published

2016-10-30

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Vol. 78 No. 10-4: Seeds for the Future in Science and Engineering

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Science and Engineering

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EFFECT OF WATER CURRENT ON UNDERWATER GLIDER VELOCITY AND RANGE. (2016). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 78(10-4). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.9890